Pain on the top of the foot can occur from injury or as ... from direct trauma to the nerve that supplies sensation to the top of the foot—the common peroneal nerve, a branch of the sciatic nerve.

Adjei, MD The most common ankle pain causes include sprain and inflammation of the tendons (tissue that connects muscles to ...

Although lateral ligament sprains are the most common pathologic conditions, peroneal tendon subluxations occur with a similar inversion mechanism. Multiple grades of subluxation have been described ...